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Yunnan Province in south-west China has international borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar / Burma. Internally, it borders Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet.

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It is renowned for its biodiversity and especially its abundance of mushrooms, with over 800 different edible varieties. Many are exclusive to Yunnan, some not so much.

Yunnan Mushrooms

For the next few days, I’ll post just a few starting with this:

红牛肝菌 (hóng niú gān jūn), Boletus gansuensis, Red Boletes. These are also found in Gansu province, hence the scientific name.

As I've mentioned before, Yunnan Province in south-west China with international borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar / Burma. Internally, it borders Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

It is renowned for its biodiversity and especially its abundance of mushrooms, with over 800 different edible varieties. Many are exclusive to Yunnan, some not so much.

Yunnan Mushrooms

For the next few days, I’ll post just a few starting with this:

红牛肝菌 (hóng niú gān jūn), Boletus gansuensis, Red Boletes. These are also found in Gansu province, hence the scientific name.

As I've mentioned before, Yunnan Province in south-west China with international borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar / Burma. Internally, it borders Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

It is renowned for its biodiversity and especially its abundance of mushrooms, with over 800 different edible varieties. Many are exclusive to Yunnan, some not so much.

Yunnan Mushrooms

For the next few days, I’ll post just a few starting with this:

红牛肝菌 (hóng niú gān jūn), Boletus gansuensis, Red Boletes. These are also found in Gansu province, hence the scientific name.